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. 2022 Oct 24;22:820. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03541-2

Table 6.

DFLE, DLE, and TLE at 65 years by the number of remaining teeth with dental checkups

The number of remaining teeth and dental checkups
0–9 10–19  ≥ 20
Without checkups With checkups Without checkups With checkups
Men
 DFLE 18.9 (18.5–19.3) 19.5 (18.9–20.2) 19.9 (19.4–20.4) 20.6 (19.9–21.2) 21.6 (21.2–22.0)
 DLE 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 1.0 (0.9–1.1) 1.0 (0.9–1.1) 1.0 (0.9–1.1) 1.1 (1.0–1.1)
 TLE 19.8 (19.3–20.2) 20.5 (20.3–21.4) 20.9 (20.3–21.4) 21.6 (20.8–22.3) 22.7 (22.2–23.1)
Women
 DFLE 22.5 (22.2–22.8) 22.9 (22.3–23.5) 23.3 (22.8–23.7) 24.0 (23.3–24.6) 24.6 (24.3–25.1)
 DLE 3.4 (3.2–3.7) 3.9 (3.3–4.5) 3.7 (3.3–4.2) 4.1 (3.4–4.8) 4.4 (3.9–4.9)
 TLE 25.9 (25.5–26.3) 26.8 (26.0–27.7) 27.0 (26.3–27.6) 28.1 (27.1–29.0) 29.0 (28.3–29.5)

DFLE disability-free life expectancy, DLE disabled life expectancy, TLE total life expectancy